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Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, November 1, 2017 A7 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex Hi, again, seniors and friends! On Monday, Oct. 23, Merry Henry and I were greeting, while Rachel Car- penter and Suzanne Taysom were getting tables ready to serve. Rachel and Suzanne had already taken out home de- liveries to John Day and Canyon City. Rodney Brus- er from Step Forward took his regular Mt. Vernon route. Altogether, they de- livered 31 regular and 28 frozen meals. Suzanne led us in the flag salute, Carl Swank won the free meal and Merry Henry won the Len’s Drug certificate. Su- zanne said the blessing, and we dug in. Shay tickled our palates with deviled clams, baked potatoes, a “veggie medley” and biscuits. Lisa’s dessert was pistachio parfait, yum- my. We served 22 guests. Thursday, Oct. 26, Bon- nie Kocis and Jeanette Ju- lsrud manned the desk for our special Halloween din- ner. Costumes were worn by the braver souls, and the best costume came in as “Cougar Sighting,” worn by Linda Stoltz. See the pictures on Face- book. St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, including Walt and Gladys Hall, David Turner and Jimmy Maple served us at the tables. David Turner and Jimmy Maple took the meals out for delivery to John Day and Canyon City, while Rodney Bruser and David Gill with Step Forward did the Mt. Vernon route. Thirty-four meals were delivered in total. Walt said the salute to the flag and dedicated it to his longtime friend and veteran, Melvin Kite, who passed recently. Yvonne Majors won the Valley View meal, and David Turner won the Chester’s Thriftway certificate. Jimmy Maples shared scripture and said the bless- ing for our meal. We ate “roast beast” (our entrée was provided by Tootie Cer- nazanu in memory of Jim), tombstones and spiders for dessert. We served 61 diners. Our new guests includ- ed Betty and Gregg Starr, Dominique Karpins- ka, Louise Hobbs and Anne Smith. For your calendars: On Nov. 9, we have a guest chef coming. Ann Lewis will be here directing our chef and his staff as to how to pre- pare moussaka, a Greek dish, similar to lasagna, but better. Ann is Shay’s wife, and you will enjoy her efforts. Also, on Nov. 16, we will serve our senior center Thanksgiving dinner. It is quite popular, so be sure to make reser- vations so you and your guests can be seated together. 1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confes- sion in the presence of many witnesses.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa Our last meal of the month of October was cooked by Carrie Jewell and Sahara Hy- der. They worked hard to pro- vide for us a savory lunch of sweet and sour chicken over rice, a fresh green salad, fruit cocktail and cookies for des- sert. We had 52 guests on the books and six takeouts. Our greeters were Jan Ensign and Jimmy Cole. Jan made the announcements and led us in the flag salute. Yours truly prayed the blessing over our meal. Jimmy Cole col- lected and counted the mon- ey. Now talk about luck, the winners of the free meal tick- ets went to husband and wife, Ed and Sharon Falls. No, it wasn’t rigged, I can assure you. The tickets were drawn by two different people. Cra- zy, right? Here is some news in re- gards to some in our Monu- ment senior community. Bob Blakeslee suffered a stroke and was taken to the Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day. Our prayers go out to Bob, Linda and his family. May the Lord heal his body and bring him home soon. Judy Harris will be coming home from the hospital soon after knee surgery. We hope and pray that all went well and she will soon be mobile again. Patty Johnson is doing well after suffering two strokes and is expected to come home Nov. 3. It was great to see Mr. Jay Ball make it to lunch af- ter suffering a diabetic coma. We praise our Lord who has the power to heal our sickness and mend our broken bodies! There was an announce- ment made that, if anyone is donating any magazines, they need to be current (i.e., the current calendar year) be- cause there just isn’t enough room to house all those old magazines on the racks, thank you. Remember, don’t forget to change your clocks back on Saturday, Nov. 4. Oh, goody, we get an extra hour. What to do with that extra hour? Well, maybe I can do some sewing. I took my sewing ma- chine to Bend to have it serviced. I tried every- thing: cleaned it, rethread- ed it many times, changed the needle, fiddled with the tension, read the manual to follow it’s troubleshooting suggestions. It was all to no avail. The top stitch was not right. After spending a few hours trying to fix it, I gave up in exasperation and took it to Bend to get it fixed. I was explaining to the lady all my troubles, and the repairman even said that my setting was at the right recom- mendation (because she ques- tioned my setting) and when they tried to sew, do you know what happened? Yeah, it was sewing properly, of course. Seriously, my machine made me look and feel dumb. The repairman said maybe it was “user error.” Humph! Well, if I get frustrated with my sewing machine during the long winter months, I think I will try a new interest. I think I might try and learn to play the guitar. We’ll see. Hebrews 10: 23 “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs Yikes. It is only two months until Christmas. That means that Christmas on the Prairie will soon be here before Thanks- giving. The Prairie City Senior Center will be available with vendor tables at $20 a table. If you are a senior citizen, you can sell your goodies without pay- ing a fee. Talk about a good deal. Frances led the flag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. Ken, Carlos and Larry took care of the home deliveries. It was October birthday rec- ognition time. Newcomer Joy Caffey was the winner of the $10 gift certificate donated by Huffman’s Market. So she was serenaded while holding her lit- tle birthday cake with its lighted candles. Lorna brought Bud Salis- bury, Lois Hill, Donna Black- well, Alma Joslin and Richard Findley from Blue Mountain Care Center. They used the new ramp too. That’s when we dis- covered that the landing pad is long enough for a handicapped van, but not the BMCC bus. But being the excellent driver that she is, Lorna was able to pull in slantwise in order to get the wheelchair elevator onto the cement. There were lines paint- ed on the ground that helped to keep stray vehicles from block- ing the entrance to the pad. Hur- ray. We can tell the foundation that gave the money to buy the ramp that it works. On to other things that need to be taken care of. … Speaking of which, it is getting to be time to have annu- al elections. So the nominating committee will be seeking new blood for our three entities: the Corporation, Site Committee and Board of Directors. Please consider if you can serve any- where. Food for thought: “Doing a few good turns won’t make you dizzy.” Amen. Was good to see Wally Wed- de come “driving” in. We are making progress on you all remembering that you can get your own drinks, be it hot or cold. In addition to coffee and tea, we had lemonade, or- ange juice, apple juice, milk and buttermilk. We did have a little snafu with the coffee: a breaker “broke” and the coffee maker wasn’t getting any power to perk. Oh dear. But the source of the trouble was discovered and coffee got made. Whew. So the meal was chili beans and meat sauce, kale salad, applesauce, cornbread and a pumpkin brownie with whipped cream. Oh my, was it ever good. Marjean and Tom are doing a great job feeding us, don’t you agree? We had 63 on the book. We hope to announce the addition of a new alternate cook soon. And thanks to all who volunteer to help clean up the kitchen and dining room every week. And have you seen our new signs (yes, that is plural) that announce the menu for the coming meal? One is on Front Street below the electronic bill- board across from Roan Coffee and Bank of Eastern Oregon; and the other one is on the front of the center. So take a peek when you go to the Post Office or store. On Nov. 1, we’ll have potato soup, Reuben sandwich and a special dessert, I bet. John 20:30 “Jesus did many other miraculous signs… which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ… and… by believing you may have life in His Name.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at
